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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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